Alaska wildlife officials cleared to resume hunting bears from helicopters

The predator-control program was put into place to help rebuild the Mulchatna caribou herd in Alaska ...

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

A judge says Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing bears as part of a plan to help recover a herd of caribou that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters.
AOL

Alaska sued over aerial hunting of bears to protect caribou

(Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska's wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game wardens hunt down unlimited numbers of bears from helicopters over a ...
Alaska Dispatch News

A flight from Boston to Alaska, Part 2: Hunting for bears, and the return

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...
Opinion

A bill with hidden costs for Alaska’s wildlife economy

As an economist who has spent more than three decades quantifying Alaska’s resource-based industries, I have seen how our state’s abundant wildlife supports jobs in rural Alaska, brings in new dollars ...
OPB

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

FILE - Two brown bears look for salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, July 4, 2013. Mark Thiessen / AP JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting ...
Newsday

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important ...